The iconic Mayfair Games has been sold to Asmodee North America. The company said; As of today, the management team at Mayfair Games, Inc. announces we will wind down game publishing. After 36 years, this was not an easy decision or one we took lightly, but it was necessary. Once we had come to this […]
WizKids to make Warhammer 40K games – Games Workshop share price surges
It isn’t April 1st. On the WizKids’ website is a press release that announces a multi-year partnership between Games Workshop and WizKids. WizKids will make Warhammer 40 Dice Building Games, board games and other undisclosed games. Games like Relic and Fury of Dracula will be republished. It’s great for fans that these two companies are […]
Settlers of Catan sold, Mayfair Games to continue
Settlers of Catan is one of those board games that’s made it out of the geek world fame and earned more mainstream status. There may well be people at your work or university who’ve never heard of Pathfinder but who know what Settlers of Catan is. Have you heard of Asmodee? They’ve just bought the […]
Who are the Origins 2015 winners?
The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design (AAGAD) have announced the 2015 Origins Award Winners. The goal of Origins is to reward excellence in game design and takes the top 5 products in various categories into a head-to-head voted on by Academy members. Winners were announced at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. […]
Fantasy Flight Games merges into Asmodee
In August I wrote about Asmodee, a French group, landing in America by buying Days of Wonder. We can now safely say that was just the beginning of the plan. Yesterday it was announced that Fantasy Flight Games would be merging into Asmodee. “Merging into” is a fan-friendly way of saying that Asmodee has bought […]
Asmodee muscles into America with Days of Wonder deal
European game powerhouse Asmodee has bought game company Days of Wonder. In the States Asmodee is best known for its own games or where it is the English co-publisher of a game. It sells these games to wholesalers such as Alliance and ACD for the hobby market. In Europe it is much larger, acting not […]
10 reasons to support International #TableTopDay
Felicia Day’s Geek and Sundry have nominated March 30th to be International Tabletop Day and are asking gamers to support it. Not sure? Here’s 10 reasons why it’s a good idea. 1. You’ll be supporting local businesses This is a great chance for local businesses to attract gaming geeks into the store. This a chance […]
